Business Support

Minerva Business Angels continues quest to build one of the UK’s best angel networks outside London & the South East

More than 1,000 potential entrepreneurs and investors registered for a series of webinars run by Minerva Business Angels, part of the University of Warwick Science Park, and its Minerva Birmingham partners Aston University Centre for Growth and University of Birmingham Enterprise. The series was targeted at those who may be considering being an investor and companies looking for finance as […]

November 3rd

Business Support

UK Water Authority Selects AI Simulation Technology to Accelerate Drainage Water Management Planning

Wessex Water has selected modeFRONTIER® simulation software with EnginSoft UK to optimise solutions for drainage water management plans (DWMPs). The system, which utilises Artificial Intelligence (AI) to speed up the optimisation process, has just completed a trial at Wessex Water and took just 4 days of an engineer’s time and 12 days CPU time to […]

October 22nd

Business Support

Growing tech firm opens Midlands base in Coventry

A growing tech firm, which helps save businesses time and money when procuring goods, is opening an office in Coventry as part of its plans for expansion. Claritum is based in Bath and employs 14 people offering companies procurement systems that reduce the time spent on sourcing. The business, which was established in 2000, has […]

October 6th

Business Support

Coventry company set to start drone delivery tests in Warwickshire

Pictured (left to right): Luke Pulford, Matthew Lawrence, Peter Butlin, Elliot Parnham A start-up Coventry business is set to begin trials in Warwickshire to test the capability of drones delivering urgent medical supplies after receiving support. Skyfarer, which was established by Elliot Parnham in 2019 after studying aerospace engineering at university, was initially planning to […]

October 6th

Business Support

Coventry design and engineering consultancy expands with a key new hire

Pictured (left to right): Alexis Yates, Wayne Burgess, Lisa May (all Paramex) with Caroline Lloyd (Business Innovation Centre) A growing design and engineering consultancy is expanding into new offices – and has just appointed a key new hire to extend the range of services the company offers. Paramex, which was established 21 years ago, will […]

October 2nd